The Profession’s Role in Meeting its Historical Mission to Serve Vulnerable Populations

Bowles, Dorcas D.; Hopps, June Gary

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“…For leaders who are African American or other persons of color, power in organizations must be understood within the context of racism, sexism, and classism. Because of the long-standing history of oppression and discrimination toward women, understanding the role of women in organizations may be nearly as important as the race (Bowles & Hopps, 2014; Clayton, 1996). The historical role of women in the early African American church is instructive.…”

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Cracks in the Ceiling? Historical and Contemporary Trends of African American Deans of Schools of Social Work

Banks

Hopps

Briggs

2017

Research on Social Work Practice

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This article presents data from an exploratory study of the demographic and published scholarship profiles of the deans and university provosts of the top 50 schools of social work as ranked by the 2016 U.S. News and World Report ratings. Method: The authors used an exploratory design to conduct a content analysis of the demographic and scholarship characteristics of the deans and provosts of the 50 top schools of social work. Results: The data show that the majority of deans and provosts of the top 50 schools of social work are Caucasian. The frequency of mentions of African Americans and other ethnically diverse groups in published articles by deans is uneven. Implications: This study highlights recommendations to enhance the opportunities for deanships among racially diverse faculty and to guide further research that explores the reasons for lack of racially diverse candidates selected as deans of schools of social work.

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Cracks in the Ceiling? Historical and Contemporary Trends of African American Deans of Schools of Social Work

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Hopps

Briggs

2017

Research on Social Work Practice

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“…This is especially true for vulnerable populations (e.g., pregnant women, children, and prisoners) who require greater protection from possible research abuses. Social work teaching and research not only values culturally sensitive research but also works to discover and cultivate better ways of conducting sensitive research that are more beneficial for individuals (see Bowles & Hopps, 2014;Jackson, 2010). Such an orientation provides both skills and a vantage point with which to assist other members of the academic research community to develop more sensitive and just studies.…”

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Institutional Review Boards at Very High Research Activity Universities

Cannon

Buttell

2014

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Objectives: This study investigated to what degree social work was represented in the position of chair of social-behavioral institutional review boards (IRBs) at very high research activity (VHRA) universities in the United States. Method: We collected data on IRB rosters for all 108 schools designated by the Carnegie Foundation as VHRAs in the United States and analyzed the percentage of chairs for social-behavioral IRBs that came from social work. Results: Data (104 of the 108 VHRA universities) indicate only 3.8% of chairs come from social work. Conclusions: Universities would benefit from more social workers serving as chairs of social-behavioral IRBs because social work has a professional obligation to ethical and just research and is the most holistic of the social sciences. The background and training of professional social workers have obvious benefits in accessing and understanding the unique risks posed by the diverse proposals IRBs receive.

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“…Although research explicitly examining the perceived implications of normativewhiteness and White supremacy among social work faculty are limited, efforts have been made to investigate alternative articulations and impacts of racial inequality within social work and social work education (Abrams & Gipson, 2007;Basham et al, 1997;Bowles & Hopps, 2014;Briggs et al, 2018;Davis, 1985;Davis et al, 1983;Garcia & Van Soest, 1997;Nylund, 2006). For example, in 2015 Deepak and colleagues conducted a series of focus groups with the intent of elucidating how social work students, faculty, and staff viewed the delivery of diversity and social justice materials.…”

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“…However, in the last two decades, these efforts have come under considerable scrutiny. The primary source of criticism has been informed by the a-political or de-political nature of these initiatives (Bowles & Hopps, 2014;Briggs et al, 2018;Pon, 2009;Sakamoto, 2020). For instance, Sakamoto (2020) suggests that existing cultural competency literature largely omits any meaningful analysis of power, specifically as it relates to culture as a racialized-politic.…”

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Stories We Tell

Bryant

Kolivoski

2021

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Although there is a growing body of literature denoting social work’s efforts to engage many of the internal racial challenges it faces, there remains a paucity of research exploring the impacts of normative-whiteness and White supremacy within the profession. In an effort to address this gap in the literature, this investigation uses quantitative survey responses from 167 non-racially specific, currently active, social work faculty and administrators, and 12 qualitative interviews with African American, currently active, social work faculty and administrators to gain a more lucid understanding of how they view the roles and impacts of whiteness and White supremacy within Social Work. Thematic findings from this investigation include narratological-deception, epistemological-omission, and a divided-profession. Implications for social work suggest the need to equitably incorporate the contributions of racially underrepresented populations, while critically engaging and responding to the “why,” “how,” and “impacts” of their historical omission.

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The Profession’s Role in Meeting its Historical Mission to Serve Vulnerable Populations

Cited by 20 publications

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Cracks in the Ceiling? Historical and Contemporary Trends of African American Deans of Schools of Social Work

Cracks in the Ceiling? Historical and Contemporary Trends of African American Deans of Schools of Social Work

Institutional Review Boards at Very High Research Activity Universities

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